Fatima Payman, the newly sworn-in Western Australian Labor senator, talks about fleeing the Taliban, dealing with Islamophobia, and why she picks her battles.
Each week, Benjamin Law asks public figures to discuss the subjects we’re told to keep private by getting them to roll a die. The numbers they land on are the topics they’re given. This week, he talks to Fatima Payman. The newly sworn-in Western Australian Labor senator, 27, is the first Afghan-Australian – and first
My grandfather was an MP in Afghanistan and the family was super wealthy; they were the top dogs. Dad was studying medicine while participating in political activities alongside his father. When we migrated to Pakistan at the end of 1997, we were at our lowest point.Dad was working at a recycling pit for a bit; he was a kitchenhand at one point; he helped out at his friend’s construction company; he was a taxi driver.
Anne Aly has been a huge inspiration, not only as a Muslim woman within the Labor Party in federal politics, but also as somebody who was my MP growing up. I’ve spent quite a lot of time under her mentorship.
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